scudded

verb

past tense of scud
as in skittered

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scudded
  1. skittered
  2. scampered
  3. scurried
  4. scuttled
  5. darted
  6. flitted
  7. fluttered
  8. flicked
Verb
  • Iguanas skittered across the dirt; birds and insects filled the air with noise.
    — Brigid Washington, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Ice crystals skittered across the plateau, catching in the curve of the sastrugi before blowing free.
    — Cree LeFavour, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026
Definition of skittered
Verb
  • Williamson, the automatic runner at second base, went to third on a sacrifice bunt by Taylor Walls and scampered home on a wild pitch by Nick Frasso (0-1), who was making his major league debut.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Alex Bregman scampered home on the infield single, giving Chicago a 2-1 lead.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of scampered
Verb
  • As Hodges scurried about in a panic, Devenanzio kept his game face on and won by a mile.
    — Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Vaquer took out Rodriguez and Perez in the process before the trio scurried away.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of scurried
Verb
  • An initial public offering was planned in 2021, but those plans were scuttled in 2023.
    — Sharon Edelson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Record-low water levels along the Danube River have exposed dozens of German military shipwrecks near the Serbian town of Prahovo, where an estimated 200 vessels were deliberately scuttled by retreating Nazi forces in 1944.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of scuttled
Verb
  • The Vikings defensive utility piece darted through on a blitz for a tackle for loss on a Giants’ shotgun run in the first quarter.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Bijan Robinson took a handoff, darted to the right side and, in a game setting, may have taken a big hit.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of darted
Verb
  • The Spanish, who had at first just flitted along the coast in their galleons, had begun marching inland and overland from Mexico with crosses and soldiers and soldiers’ families.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Another trio flitted about the main kitchen.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
Definition of flitted
Verb
  • All around them, guests smiled and laughed as children screamed with excitement and giggled each time a butterfly fluttered close.
    — Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Young people fluttered about, wearing custom white T-shirts emblazoned with the festival’s retro cartoon-style poster art.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Definition of fluttered
Verb
  • Marcus Caldeira flicked a header from about 35 yards out to Pereyra, who chipped in a first-touch finish from a couple steps inside the penalty box.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The toads had gone rogue, consuming native frogs, birds, insects, small marsupials, even Ping-Pong balls and cigarette butts flicked toward them at pubs—almost everything except the swarms of sugarcane beetles they had been imported to feed on.
    — Kimon de Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of flicked
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